What is the average commute in Macon County, Alabama?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Macon County, Alabama work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · AL · GEOID 10872024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Macon County, Alabama

Name: Commute estimates for Macon County, Alabama
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.7 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home7.6%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone69.7%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.5%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Macon County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute25.3 min → 23.7 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 7.6%▲ 3.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 69.7%▼ 11.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Macon County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.7% ±3.3 pp

Carpool11.2% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk8.7% ±3.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home7.6% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 7,324 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Macon County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

46^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

53^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

19^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Macon County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,324 workers age 16+, including 6,767 workers with reported travel time and 557 home workers.

Population estimate18,691± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,324± 428 MOE

Workers with travel time6,767± 456 MOE

Estimated home workers557± 182 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Alabama commute records for Macon County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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